Sweet Pea’s Zantac dosage, that is.

Her GI doctor, Dr. G, told me that every 4-6 weeks Sweet Pea’s Zantac dosage will  need to be increased as she gains weight.

After Sweet Pea recovered from the missed dosage while on vacation (which took several days) she was back to “normal” for a little bit until she started having more frequent and intense spells towards the end of October.

I knew it was time to up her dose, so when I took Sweet Pea for her shots on November 1st, I asked the pediatrician about this.

Her pedi increased her dosage from 0.7mL twice a day to 0.7mL three times a day.

About a week later, Sweet Pea had still not shown improvement. Last Friday I said I was giving this new dose the weekend to start working and then I was calling Dr. G to see what he thought her dosage should be.

I love Sweet Pea’s GI doctor, the nurses and the entire staff. They are so helpful and promptly reply to messages.

I put in a call there and it wasn’t long and the nurse, K, called me back and left a message because I missed the call because my phone was on silent. After speaking to Dr. G he had decided that Sweet Pea needs to be on Prevacid (instead of Zantac). For some reason, my pedi was very much against putting Sweet Pea on this to begin with and would not write a script for it. (I can’t remember her reasoning now!)

I called K back because I wanted to discuss my concerns about Prevacid.

Meanwhile, yesterday Sweet Pea had a problem-free day … until I told the nurse Sweet Pea had shown much improvement that day and she said, “Well, lets not mess with things and just see how she continues to do!” I totally agreed with that, got off the phone with her and I am not kidding you when I say not an hour later Sweet Pea was having a spell.

Ugh!!!!

Then, she woke early this morning spitting up and in pain. I brought her to bed with me where she squirmed through the pain.

So…I’ve just put in another call to K because obviously things aren’t settled after being on this new dosage for a week.

Please pray for wisdom for me as I try to discern what is best for Sweet Pea at this time. I am not opposed to trying the Prevacid, if that is what Dr. G says we need to try. I trust him – he is a specialist after all!

If you are reading this and have any experience (good or bad!) with Prevacid please leave a comment with your experiences!!

I know Zantac is a totally safe drug to give an infant! Is Prevacid?? Or does it have several risks? What is the difference between Zantac and Prevacid?

Those are the questions I want K to answer for me today.

- Elaine